Adjustable bed attachment or rest for invalids.



G. M. GREAVES. ADJUSTABLE BED ATTACHMENT 0R BEST FOR INVALIDS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 26, 1908.

Patented J an. 25, 1910.

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GERTRUDE MARGARET GREA'VES, OF SOUTH YARRA, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.

ADJUSTABLE BED ATTACHMENT OR BEST FOR INVALIDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 25, 1910.

Application filed September 28, 1908. Serial No. 454,927.

'0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnnrnnon Manennn'r GREAvns, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain and Ireland, residing at 24 Murphy street, South Yarra, inthe county of Bourke. State of Victoria, Commonwealth of Australia,trained nurse, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in orRelating to Adjustable Bed Attachments or Rests for Invalids, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to attachments placed above the mattresses ofbeds for the comfort of invalids.

In the past a variety of devices have been used to allow of a personsuffering from an illness securing a relieving and restful position upona bed, but indifferent degrees of success have invariably resulted.

The object of this invention is to provide durable and cheapattachments, adapted to render general comfort to suffering personsunder most circumstances and each of which attachments is easilyadjusted in relation to its fellows to suit requirements and may beremoved and replaced with facility, as necessity demands.

According to this invention a pivoting shoulder and back rest isfurnished capable of acquiring any angle sought, and equipped with atelescoping member and sliding sleeves to secure the desired position.Rests for the patients arms are attached to the shoulder and back restand may be raised or lowered and so moved as to attain a suitable lengthfor the arm. A leg and knee rest is also provided susceptible to arising and falling movement and being adjustable as regards its distancefrom the shoulder and back rest. A foot rest, hingeable for transportpurposes and having one sloping and one vertical side and adjustable inits relationship with the other parts, is a fur ther factor.

The attachments are varied and secured in their relative positions bymeans of straps and a strap holder and adjuster. This latter comprises atransverse bar provided with 5 locking screws and situated about thecenter of the bed. The straps are of two characters, leather side strapsretaining the attachments to the bed and fabric straps keeping the partsin position one with the other. The leather straps pass through eyeletsof a fundamental frame to which the shoulder and back rest is pivotedand also eyelets of the leg and knee rest and the foot rest and both ofthe latter may slide upon the upper members of said straps. By the strapholder and adjuster and fabric straps the latter attachments mentioned,also adhere to the attitude in which they are set.

Referring to the drawings which form a part of this specification Figurel is a plan of this invention, the strap holder and adjuster not beingseen, and portions of the arm rest stems being broken away forconvenience of illustration. The sliding sleeves holding the arm reststems are unshown. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of this invention,attached to a bed. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing clearly thearrangement of the adjusting fabric straps by which the attachments areretained in their correct relative positions one with the other. Fig. ehis an enlarged detail sectional view of a sliding sleeve upon a sidepiece of the shoulder and back rest. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail viewof one end of the strap holder and adjuster.

bimilar numerals of reference indicate similar or corresponding partswhere they occur in the several views.

This invention is applied to a bed of ordinary character having (Fig. 2)a head piece 2 provided with a top rail 3 and a lower rail l, said bedalso having a foot piece 5. Both the foot piece and the head piece havethe usual bed posts 6. Upon the said bed rests a mattress 7.

Situated upon the mattress 7 and close to the head piece 2 is afundamental or mattress frame composcd of round iron or other suitablematerial and comprising a cross member 8, integral with or attached toside members 9 the lower ends of which are formed into or have attachedthereto eyelets 10 (Figs. 1 and 2). Upon each side member, between theeyelets l0 and cross member S, is a ing 11 having a pivot hole therein.Passing through each eyelet 10 is an adjusting leather side strap 12secured to the bed foot piece 5 by a subsidiary strap 13 passin around alower bed post (5. Being doubled each strap 12 forms two members, anupper and a lower. Extending from the cross member 8 are adjusting sidest 'aps 4st which, by passing around the upper bed posts 6 hold thefundamental frame in position.

Pivoting in the lugs 11 are pivot pins 14 lUU (Fig. 2)-u'pon the lowerends of side'pie'ces 15 of a shoulder and back rest. between-the sidepieces 15 and integral there with or attached thereto is a top piece 16.Movable upon the side pieces 15 and near the top of the same are slidingsleeves 17 accommodating a curved back piece 18 the ends of whichpenetrate through them as seen particularly in Fig. 4. Attached to thecurved back piece 18 is a further sliding sleeve 17 forming part of atelescopic member 19. This is provided with hooks 20 upon the outer endof the telescoping portion. The sliding sleeves 17 are locked inposition by locking screws 21 as is also the telescoping portion of themember 19. Between the curved back piece 18 and the pivot pins 14 aresituated arm rests. Each of these consists of an arm rest stem 22,passing through a sliding sleeve 17 upon a side piece 15 and an elbowportion 23 covered with canvas or like material shaped as required. Thecanvas is secured by lacing, passing through eyelet holes therein andaround the elbow portion 23, as will be at once apparent from thedrawings. To the top piece 16 is attached a pillow holder 24 which issimply an ordinary spring clip composed of two pivoted jaws retained ina closed position by a flat spring between them.

Between the eyelets 10 of the fundamental frame and the foot piece 5 ofthe bed is situated a leg and knee rest. This consists of cross members25 extending between side hinging members 26 which are provided witheyelets 27 upon their lower ends. The side hinging members 26 pivot upona bridging member and pivot pin 28. The leg and knee rest is coveredwith canvas or like suit-- able material having eyelet holes therein andwhich is retained by lacing passing therethrough.

Between the leg and knee rest and the foot piece 5 of the bed is a footrest. This has two sides one of which is vertical or nearly so, and theother sloping in order to readily apply it to different cases. Itconsists of hinging side erections 45 provided on their lowerextremities with eyelets 29. Between the side erections extend an uppertie bar 30 upon which the side erections pivot, and lower tie bars 31.The said foot rest is covered with canvas or like material having eyeletholes therein and is retained by lacing as shown.

Passing (as before mentioned) through each of the eyelets 10 of thefundamental frame is an adjusting leather side strap 12 the upper memberof which also passes through the relative eyelets 27 upon the leg andknee rest and those 29 of the foot rest. Each of the eyelet holes 10, 27and 29 is provided with a mouth 43 (Fig. 1). The leg and knee rest andfoot rest slide upon the upper members of the straps 12. Near theExtending center ofthe bed is a transverse bar 32; The ends 33 of thisare each provided with an opening for the accommodation of both membersof the aforesaid leather straps 12 and through which they thereforepass. "Within the accommodation opening, in each end of the transversebar 32, is a holding plate 34 provided with a locking screw 35. Situatedupon the transverse bar 32 and near each of its ends is a fabric strapguide 36 (Fig. 5).

Attached to the cross member 8 of the fundamental frame are adjustingfabric straps 37 each provided with a buckle or like fastening 38.Attached to the left hand lower cross member 25 of the leg and knee restare two adjusting fabric straps 39'. Each of these passes through agu'ide36 and through one of the buckles 38 by which it is retained.Attached to the lowerright hand cross member 25 are adjusting fabricstraps 40. These also pass through the guides 36 and are retained by thebuckles 38. Extend ing between the leg and knee rest and the foot restare adjusting fabric straps 41 provided with buckles 42.

The cycle of operations with this invention is as follows :-To elevateor correct the angle of the should-er and back rest, it is onlynecessary to loosen the lock'i'i'ig screw 21 of the sleeve portion ofthe telescopic member 19 when the telescoping portion may be extended asrequired. Or the sliding sleeves upon the side pieces 15 and controllingthe curved back piece 18 may be moved or the hooks 20 of the telescopicmember 19' may be placed upon the top rail 3 instead of the lower rail 4or vice versa. The arm rests may also by loosening the locking screws ofthe relative sliding sleeves be manipulated either upwardly, downwardly,inwardly or outwardly. The leg and knee rest may be elevated ordepressed or otherwise adjusted by loosening the fabric straps 39 and 40from the buckles 38. The transverse bar 42 is then relieved from itslocked position by slackening the screws 35. The said leg and knee restis then pushed along the upper member of each of the leather side straps12 until the c'orrect position is acquired. The transverse bar 32 isthen looked again by the screws and plates 34 and the fabric straps 39and are readjusted by the buckles 38. Thefabric straps 41 are adjustedby means of the buckles 42, the foot rest moving along the upper membersof the straps 12 in a manner similar to that just described. Should itbe desired to remove either of the componentparts such as the leg andknee rest or the foot rest such may be accomplished by passing the uppermembers of the leather side straps 12 through the mouth 43 provided ineach of the eyelets 27 or 29.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is.

1. In combination with a bedstead, a mattress frame having attachedthereto and ad justable thereon, a shoulder and back-rest, a leg andknee rest and a foot rest, the different rests being adjustable in theircomponent parts and in their position relative to each other,substantially as described.

2. In invalid beds, a bedstead, a mattress frame, a shoulder and backrest pivotally mounted on said frame, in combination with a pivoted legand knee rest adapted to be adjusted as regards its distance from theshoulde? and head rest, substantially as described.

In invalid beds, a bedstead, a mattress frame, a shoulder and back restpivotally mounted on said frame adjustable means connecting the back andshoulder rest; with the bedstead, in combination with a pivoted leg andknee rest and means for adjusting the distance between the shoulder andleg rests, substantially as set forth.

4:. In invalid beds, a bedstead, a mattress frame, a shoulder and backrest pivotally mounted on the said frame and adjustably connected withthe bed, in combination with straps adjustably connecting the frame withthe head and foot posts of the bedstead, substantially as set forth.

5. In invalid beds, a bedstead, a mattress frame, adjustable strapsconnecting said frame with the head post of the bedstead, adjustablestraps connecting the frame with the foot posts of the bedstead, incombina tion with a pivoted leg and knee rest adj ustably mounted on thelatter straps, substantially as described.

6. In invalid beds, a bedstead, a mattress frame, adjustable strapsconnecting the frame with the head post of the bedstead, in combinationwith a pivoted foot rest adjustably mounted on the latter straps,substantially as described.

7. In invalid beds, a bedstead, a mattress frame, adjustable strapsconnecting said frame with the bedstead, a pivoted leg rest,

. and a pivoted foot rest mounted on said strap, said rests beingprovided with passages for the straps, in combination with strap holdersadapted to adj ustably hold the rests on the straps, substantially asset forth.

8. In invalid beds, a bedstead, a mattress frame supported by thebedstead, a shoulder and back rest pivotally mounted on said frame andprovided with adjustable arm and elbow rests, in combination with ahooked rod engaging the bedstead and adustably connected to the shoulderand back rest, substantially as set forth.

9. In invalid beds, a bedstead, a mattress frame, a pair of adjustabledouble straps connecting the mattress frame to the bedstead, a leg andknee rest adjustable on the upper members of the double straps, incombination with an adjustable transverse central bar controlling theposition of the leg and knee rest, having at its outer ends openingsadapted to receive both members of the double straps, and means foradjustably fastening the transverse bar to the double straps,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

GERTRUDE MARGARET G REA VEQ.

WVitnesses:

EDWIN PHILLIPS, CECIL M. GLESTRIN.

